Claude Brown obtained his B.S. degree from the University of Miami, Florida in 1980 with a major in biology and minor in chemistry. He was employed at the University of Florida studying insect interactions and parasitology in the Department of Zoology (1982-1984) and as manager of the Health Center Teaching Laboratories for the medical professional colleges (1984-1988). In 1988, he returned to the University of Miami as a research assistant studying the effects of crude oils, jet fuels, and dispersants on mangrove physiology (1988-1990). From 1990-1997, he worked as a water chemist with Florida LAKEWATCH and obtained a Master of Science degree in 1997 from the University of Florida. He currently is working as a Coordinator of Research Programs with Florida LAKEWATCH for seventeen northeast Florida counties.

e-mail: browncdb@ufl.edu

Phone: 352-392-4817

Publications:

Brown, C.D., D.E. Canfield, Jr., R.W. Bachmann, and M.V. Hoyer. 1999. Evaluation of surface sampling for estimates of chlorophyll, total phosphorus, and total nitrogen concentrations in shallow Florida lakes. Lake and Reservoir Management. 15(2): 121-132.

Brown, C. D., M. V. Hoyer, R. W. Bachmann, and D. E. Canfield, Jr. 2000. Nutrient-chlorophyll relationships: an evaluation of empirical nutrient-chlorophyll models using Florida and north-temperate lake data. Can J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 57:1574-1583.

Canfield, Jr., D. E., C. D. Brown, R. W. Bachmann and M. V. Hoyer. 2002. Volunteer lake monitoring: Testing the reliability of data collected by the Florida Lakewatch Program. Lake and Reservoir Management. 18 (1):1-9